Cameron Diaz started out as a fashion model at the age of 16 with Elite Modeling Agency. After she graduated from high school, she went to work in Japan and met video director Carlo de la Torre. She moved in with him after coming back to America. Her modeling took her around the world. She worked for major companies including Calvin Klien, Levi’s Jeans, and was on the cover of Seventeen magazine.

With no acting expereince, Cameron auditioned for The Mask starring Jim Carey at the age of 22. She was cast the female lead and immediately went to take acting lessons. After being in some low budget independent films, she regained mainstream success. She has been nominated for several times for numerous awards, including the Golden GLobes, SAG Awards, AFI Awards, and the BAFTA AWards. For Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle, she became the second actress (after Julia Roberts) to earn $20 million for a role.

Cameron co-stars with then-boyfriend, Justin Timberlake, in Shrek the Third, coming out in 2007. Keep a look out for her in 2010, when Shrek 4 releases. She is starring in In Her Shoes and is waiting to start filming A Little Game Without Consequence where she will star opposite Jim Carey again.

Diaz dated actor Matt Dillon for about three years before splitting in 1998. She then had a four-year relationship with actor/singer Jared Leto from 1998 to 2002.She was d
ating singer anf former N’Sync member Jusitn Timberlake for about 4 years and in January of 2007, they broke up.

According to Wikipedia, Diaz has publicly admitted she is deeply germophobic and habitually rubs doorknobs so hard before opening doors to clean them that the original paint on the doorknobs fades afterwards. Along with her floors, she says, she washes her hands “many times” each day and uses her elbows to push open doors. “I’m not scared of germs. I’m just aware of them,” Diaz says.

Filmography
1994 The Mask
1995 The Last Supper
1996 Head Above Water
1996 Feeling Minnesota
1996 She’s the One
1997 A Life Less Ordinary
1997 My Best Friend’s Wedding
1997 Keys to Tulsa
1998 Very Bad Things
1998 There’s Something About Mary
1998 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
1999 Any Given Sunday
1999 Being John Malkovich
1999 Man Woman Film
2000 Welcome to Hollywood
2000 Charlie’s Angels
2000 Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her
2001 Vanilla Sky
2001 Shrek (voice)
2001 The Invisible Circus
2002 Gangs of New York
2002 Minority Report (uncredited as woman on train)
2002 The Sweetest Thing
2002 Slackers (film,cameo)
2003 Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle
2003 Shrek 4-D (Voice)
2004 Shrek 2 (Voice)
2005 In Her Shoes
2006 In Search of Ted Demme
2006 The Holiday
2007 Shrek the Third (voice)
2008 A Little Game Without Consequence
2010 Shrek 4 (Voice)